kafa

== Gullah == === Etymology 1 === From Hausa karfa and Fon kafo. ==== Alternative forms ==== 'kafa, kafuh ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kɑ.fɑ/, /kɑ.fə/ ==== Noun ==== kafa (religion) charm, a physical magical object === Etymology 2 === From Hausa shingkafa, kafa. ==== Alternative forms ==== kafuh, gafa, gafuh ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kɑ.fɑ/, /ɡɑ.fɑ/ ==== Noun ==== kafa (cooking) rice also see: kala === References === Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969) == Hausa == === Alternative forms === کَفَا (“Ajami”) === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ká.fáː/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kə́.ɸáː] ==== Noun ==== kafā f (plural kafōfī, possessed form kafar̃) leg === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ká.fàː/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [kə́.ɸàː] ==== Verb ==== kafā̀ (grade 1) to erect, to put up to stick something into to form, to establish to proclaim, to issue a law == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse kafa (cognate with Faroese kava), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷebʰ- (“to dive, dive in”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek βάπτω (báptō). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Particularly: “Missing Germanic?” === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkʰaːva] Rhymes: -aːva === Verb === kafa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kafaði, supine kafað) to dive, to go so deep underwater that one can't be seen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== kafagras === References === Pokorny, Julius (1959), “1. gu̯ēbh- (oder gu̯ābh-?), gu̯əbh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 465-6 == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kǎfa/ Hyphenation: ka‧fa === Noun === kàfa f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀фа) (regional, Serbia) coffee Synonyms: (Croatia) kava; (Bosnia) kahva ==== Declension ==== == Tongan == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *kafa, from Proto-Oceanic *kapa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.fa/ === Noun === kafa The cordage made from the fibers of the cocoa nut husk === References === A Vocabulary of the Tonga Language: Arranged in Alphabetical Order: To Which Is Annexed a List of Idiomatic Phrases, by Stephen Rabone (1845), published by Wesleyan Mission Press, Neiafu == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish قفا (kafa), from Arabic قَفًا (qafan, “back of the head; nape of the neck”). The original restricted meaning has been lost in modern Turkish. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɑfɑ/ === Noun === kafa (definite accusative kafayı, plural kafalar) head Synonym: baş mind; mentality; intelligence ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== kafalamak kafadar kafalı === References === Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kafa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN